California College of the Arts is seeking applicants for the following faculty positions:

Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, Graphic Design Program
The Graphic Design Program seeks visionary educator-practitioners who are deeply connected to contemporary and emerging practices. Successful candidates will have an expansive notion of graphic design, and be hybrid creatives with a desire to foster interdisciplinary linkages between graphic design and other academic programs such as interaction design, illustration, and architecture.

Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, Interior Design Program
The Interior Design Program seeks candidates with experience as an interior design professional and academic, with a demonstrated trajectory of experimental, research-oriented practice. Successful candidates will have expertise in one or more areas of interior design, including lighting design, building technology, representation, fabrication and materiality, computation, and smart systems.

Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, Visual Studies Program
The Visual Studies Program seeks candidates specializing in the history and theory of photographic media. The successful candidate will have an exceptional teaching record at the college level and will also demonstrate experience in teaching art history and theory through active student engagement. We are particularly interested in applicants with a scholarly background that supplements our current program strengths, such as those who approach photographic media with a focus on contemporary cultures, or with a geographic specialization in Africa, Latin America, or East Asia.

Chair, Open Rank, Sculpture, Individualized, and Community Arts Programs
CCA is seeking candidates for a full-time, open rank position for the Chair of Sculpture, Individualized, and Community Arts Programs (SICA) to begin summer 2018. The Chair will work with the Dean of Fine Arts and fellow faculty leaders across the college to forge a new vision for a 21st century art education made manifest in a unified San Francisco campus to be completed in the next 4–5 years.

Applications are due by 11:59pm PST on January 7, 2018. Reviews of all applications will begin in January.

About the College
Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (CCA) is an independent non-profit art college with undergraduate programs in architecture, design, fine arts, visual studies, and writing and literature. The college also has graduate programs in architecture, comics, design, interaction design, curatorial practice, design strategy, fine arts, film, visual and critical studies, and writing. Through these programs, the college has created a dynamic and interdisciplinary environment to fulfill the school’s motto of “Make art that matters.” Diverse cultural perspectives enrich the CCA community and the college believes that continuing to expand the horizons of the students and faculty is essential to achieving its educational objectives. CCA represents over 100 years of dedication to its mission, whose character reflects its location in the San Francisco Bay Area, where histories of radical politics and technological innovation inform a culturally rich academic community infused by art schools, research universities, world-renowned museums, galleries, start-ups and community-run institutions. With campuses in Oakland and San Francisco, CCA currently enrolls 1,950 full-time students and is embarking on a major campus planning project that will unify the college in one location and ensure its academic excellence for the next century.

The faculty of 550 includes approximately 150 ranked and tenured faculty as well as part-time working professionals. The energetic and collegial faculty culture of CCA creates an outstanding work environment for teachers and administrators alike.

California College of the Arts is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from individuals who will contribute to its diversity.